=( garden rose bud eaters

[Duck on Wheels]

That is a gorgeous rose! 'Fraid I have nothing to add when it comes to keeping deer and puppies from eating it, but do you happen to know the name and the climate tolerance? We have moose in town, but none in our neighborhood, and none of the neighborhood pets eat my roses. Lucky me. All I have to deal with is winter temperatures. If that rose can take winter frosts, I'd like to try planting one.

[Steph_in_TX]

Looks like a Knock Out Rose. I am in TX and know they take the heat well, but I think they'll tolerate a good deal of cold. Mine are growing like mad and need a serious trim. TONS of blooms all the time here. Look them up and see if they might survive your colder temps.

[tulip]

My rose buds were disappearing too, and I couldn't figure it out. One day I just happened to look out the window at just the right moment and I caught my English Setter, Guinness, eating them. Mystery solved. So far this year he's left them alone.

Oooh, you have an English Setter? Pic, pic! I think my dog is part English Setter. He has lots of spots and silky ears and he points. Other than that, he's all Border Collie, though.

And what's all this talk of dogs eating tulips??

On a serious note, if your dog is eating the roses, make sure that you are not spraying it with nasty chemical stuff. Lots of people spray their roses with chemicals that do not belong inside dogs.

[Kano]

A product I tried, back in the years I lived in Minnesota -- kept bunnies from eating my roses, though then my dog was strangely attracted to them:

http://www.conservationservicesinc.com/treeguard.html

It's like a pepper product in a latex base, so it doesn't wash off in the rain -- which is a good thing!

(Sneak didn't like pepper normally)

Karen in Boise